Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

Overview

Con artist Lawrence Jamieson is a longtime resident of a luxurious coastal resort, where he enjoys the lavish fruits of his deceptions -- that is, until a competitor, Freddy Benson, shows up. When the new guy's lowbrow tactics impinge on his own sophisticated work and believing him to be the infamous conman 'The Jackal', Lawrence resolves to get rid of him. Confident of his own duplicitous talents, he challenges Freddy to a winner-takes-all competition: whoever swindles their latest mark, American heiress Janet Colgate, out of $50,000 first can stay, while the other must leave town.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 14, 1988

Original language

English

Spoken languages

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Orion Pictures

Cast

Ian McDiarmid,Meagen Fay,Lolly Susi,Aïna Walle,Georges Gerrard Baffos,Cheryl Pay,Glenne Headly,Xavier Maly,Louis Zorich,Valerie Beaufilsand 11 more

Director

Frank Oz

Writer

Dale Launer,Stanley Shapiro,Paul Henning

Producer

Dale Launer,Bernard Williams,Charles Hirschhorn

Cinematography

Michael Ballhaus

Music

Miles Goodman

Budget

$6,500,000

Revenue

$42,000,000

IMDb

tt0095031